老虎鉗

See also: 老虎钳

Chinese

		tiger; tractor	pincers; pliers; tongs pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag
trad. (老虎鉗)		老虎	鉗
simp. (老虎钳)		老虎	钳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎohǔqián

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu² kim^4-2 / lou⁵ fu² kim⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lo-fú-khiàm / no-fú-khiàm

(Hailu, HRS): lo^ˊ fu^ˊ kiam
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lao⁵ hou³ kieng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-hu-ji

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohǔqián [Phonetic: láohǔqián]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohǔcián
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-hu³-chʻien²
  - Yale: lǎu-hǔ-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuuchyan
  - Palladius: лаохуцянь (laoxucjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ fu² kim^4-2 / lou⁵ fu² kim⁴
  - Yale: lóuh fú kím / lóuh fú kìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu² kim^4-2 / lou⁵ fu² kim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu² kim^4-2 / lou⁵ fu² kim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ kʰiːm²¹⁻³⁵/, /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ kʰiːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-fú-khiàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo fu^ˋ kiam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo⁴ fu³ kiam²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo⁵⁵ fu³¹ kʰi̯am¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-fú-khiàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: no fu^ˋ kiam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: no⁴ fu³ kiam²
  - Sinological IPA: /no⁵⁵ fu³¹ kʰi̯am¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˊ fu^ˊ kiam
  - Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ fu²⁴⁻³³ kʰiam⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lao⁵ hou³ kieng² [Phonetic: lao⁵ ou¹ kieng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹ ^(h-)ɔu³³²⁻⁵⁵ kʰiɛŋ²⁴/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lao⁵ hou³ kieng² [Phonetic: lao⁵ ou¹ kieng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹ ^(h-)ou³³²⁻⁵⁵ kʰiɛŋ²⁴/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lao⁵ hou³ kieng² [Phonetic: lao⁵ ou¹ kieng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹ ^(h-)ou³³²⁻⁵⁵ kʰieŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-hu-ji
  - MiniDict: lau^去 hu ji
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hu-jji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ d͡ʑi²¹/

Noun

老虎鉗

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老虎鉗 (“lineman's pliers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老虎鉗, 虎頭鉗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	老虎鉗, 虎頭鉗
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老虎鉗子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老虎鉗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老虎鉗子
	Xi'an	老虎鉗
	Xuzhou	老虎鉗, 老虎鉗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	老虎鉗子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老虎鉗, 鋼絲鉗
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	老虎鉗子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老虎鉗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	老虎鉗子, 手鉗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	老虎鉗
Cantonese	Dongguan	老虎鉗, 蟹鉗, 那鉗
Gan	Nanchang	老虎鉗子
Gan	Lichuan	老虎鉗, 老虎鉗兒
Hakka	Meixian	虎頭鉗
	Yudu	老虎鉗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	虎頭鉗
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	咬鉗
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	咬鉗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	咬鉗
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	虎頭鉗仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	虎頭鉗
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	虎頭鉗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老虎鉗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老虎鉗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老虎鉗
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	老虎鉗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鐵鉗
Huizhou	Jixi	老虎鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	老虎鉗子
Jin	Xinzhou	老虎鉗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎鉗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎鉗
Southern Min	Xiamen	虎頭鉗
	Quanzhou	虎頭鉗
	Zhangzhou	虎頭鉗
	Zhao'an	虎頭鉗
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	虎頭夾仔, 虎頭鉗
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	虎頭夾仔
	Kaohsiung	鐵夾仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	虎頭鋏仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	虎頭夾仔
	Kaohsiung (Cieding)	虎頭夾仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	虎頭夾仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	虎頭夾仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	虎頭夾仔
	Tainan (Anping)	虎頭夾仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	虎頭夾仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	虎頭夾
	Jieyang	虎頭夾
	Haikou	老虎鉗
Puxian Min	Putian	虎頭鉗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	虎頭鉗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	虎頭鉗
	Xianyou	老虎鉗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	老虎鉗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	老虎鉗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老虎鉗, 鐵鉗
Wu	Shanghai	老虎鉗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老虎鉗
	Suzhou	老虎鉗
	Danyang	老虎鉗
	Hangzhou	老虎鉗
	Ningbo	老虎鉗
	Wenzhou	老虎鉗
	Jinhua	老虎鉗

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “772 老虎钳（钳口有刃，多用来起钉子或夹断铁丝）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 367.